Efficiency of oral immunization of mice with Candida albicans and Moraxella catarrhalis heat-killed cells and cross reactivity of induced antibodies

Central-European Journal of Immunology

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 185-188

  Mleczko, Józef ^a   Augustyniak, Daria ^a   Jankowski, Adam ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WROC AW   (Poland)

^b WROCLAW MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Candida albicans; Cross reactions; Moraxella catarrhalis

Indexed keywords

ANTIGEN; CANDIDA ALBICANS ANTIGEN; MORAXELLA CATARRHALIS ANTIGEN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS REACTION; DRUG EFFICACY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNIZATION; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE TEST; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; SERUM;

EID: 41349121649     PISSN: 14263912     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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